How To Install zyne on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install zyne on Ubuntu 18.04. zyne is Modular synthesizer written in Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zyne on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is zyne

zyne is:

Zyne is a modular synthesizer which comes with more than 10 builtin modules implementing different kind of synthesis engines and provides a simple API to create your own custom modules.

It uses Pyo as its audio engine

There are three methods to install zyne on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install zyne Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zyne using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zyne

Install zyne Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zyne using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zyne

Install zyne Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install zyne using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zyne

How To Uninstall zyne on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the zyne package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zyne

Uninstall zyne And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zyne and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zyne

Remove zyne Configurations and Data

To remove zyne configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zyne

Remove zyne configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zyne configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zyne

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zyne package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.